Artist&#39;s sketch box



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G. F. DOUGLAS ARTISTS SKETCH BOX Filed Oct. 18. 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet l ilI May 8, 1923.

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GEORGE E. DOUGLAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ARTISTS SKETCH BOX.

Application filed October 18, 1919. Serial No. 331,553.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen F. DOUGLAS, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ArtistsSketch Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an artists sketch box whichwill be of minimum weight and convenient for either outdoor or studiowork, and will carry a complete supply of artists materials in mostconvenient form. It comprises several principal elements capable ofbeing assembled as parts of the box, or disassembled and separately usedto suit the artists requirements. These elements consist of first apanel-holder or frame, which acts as'a component part of the box proper,or which, detached therefrom may be set on a tripod and used as an easelto hold a canvas; second, a palette, coacting with the panel-frame toform the box, or which, independently, may be used either with orwithout a tripod, or which may be set up on the tripod in connectionwith the panel-holder. Besides the uses mentioned, the palette isadapted, as a component part of the box, to hold brushes, paints andother articles, including a water-tank.

Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a perspective view of my improvedsketch box, showing the same partly open;

Fig. 2 shows a panel-holder detached from the palette frame and fastenedto a tripod;

Fig. 3 shows the panel-holder in offset position 011 the palette-frame;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bottom of the box;

Fig. 5 is an enlargement ofthe eccentric hook used to lock in place thestay-rod shown in- Fig. 3; v

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail of a portion of the panel-frame;

Fig. 7 is a perspective View of one of the hinges, disassembled;

Fig. 8 represents another form of hinge that may be used. I

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 in dicates the canvas orpanel-holder frame, and 2 the palette, both of which are, preferably,rectangular in form, and hinged as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Thesehinges, of which there are three in number, are one of the features ofthis invention. They are constructed so that the two leaves may with thegreatest ease be disconnected from each other, thereby releasing thepaneliolder from the palette, so that these elements may beindependently used. I

The hinge is best illustrated in Fig. 7, wherein A indicates the femalemember and B the male member. Each. member-has the usual leaf or strap3. The female member A is provided with a pintle 4 positively andimmovably held by rounded projections or knuckles 5. The male member hasa knuckle, open at its outer end to form a hook 6 having an insidediameter adapting it to. closely embrace the pintle 4 of the femalemember A. The female member A also has a lip-7 extending from the leaf 3so that when the hook 7 of the male member is in place and embracing thepintle 4, it curls around the hook 7, in such manner as to prevent theparts from being detached fromeach other except when in a widelyextended position, and it also prevents damage to the hook 6 by carelesshandling of the panelh0lder or palette-frame. i

In the modification shown in Fig. 8, there are plates 4,4, the formerholding loosely and the latter securely and immovably', the

pintle 5 in the knuckles 6, 6, respectively. lVhen this form of hinge isused, it will be necessary to place the plate 4 on the near side ofstay-rod 33 when in position shown in Fig. 3.

Referring now to the panel-holder, it is composed of side members 8,int'eriorly flanged as at 9, the flange 9 providing a support for apanel or canvas 10, which is held in place by corner lugs 11, 11 andspringclip 12. It is intended that the panel or canvas 10, with itsreverse side uppermost,

shall serve as the cover for the box, although it may readily bedetached and used by the artist-for sketching, the sketching side beingkept unsoiled on the under side of the box. The, space inside of theflange9 is intended to be utilized for additional panels.

It is intended-that the panel-holder shall also serve as an easel, asindicated in Fig. 2, where it is shown upon a tripod, the panelframehaving a socket 13 to hold a suitable pin in the tripod. Clips 14, 14are provided for holding the canvas to the panel-frame.

Referring to the palette-2, it comprises the 4 side pieces 15 and bottompiece 16, having an opening as at 17 for'inserting the thumb of theartist.

The palette-frame may be used independently, or in connection with thepanelholder, either on the tripod, or without the tripod, and can beused in offset position as indicated in Fig. 3, in which case only twoof the hinges are employed. In order to hold the panel-frame in positionas indicated in Fig. 3, a stay-rod 33 shown in inoperative position inFig. l, and which is pivotally connected inside the palette-frame as at34, and having a hook 235 at its loose end, is connected to pin 36 andheld thereto by the eccentric 87 on the hook 32. In order to hold thehook flatly upon the side of the panel-frame, the hook is slightly bentat its point of connection with the rod in a direction away from thebox. When the box is closed, it may be locked by hooks 32 32 on thepanel-frame engaging pins 32 on the palette.

lVhat I claim is:

1. An artists sketch-box comprising a panel-frame and a palette-frame,means connected to said frames adapting one to pivotally engage theother in a plurality of positions relatively to the other, said meanscomprising a pair of leaves, one lea-f having a pintle and the other aknuckle adapted to embrace the pintle. V

2. An artists sketch-box comprising a panel-frame and a palette-frame,means connected to said frames adapted one topivotally engage. the otherin a plurality of positions relatively to theother, said meanscomprising a pair of leaves, one leaf having a pintle and the other aknuckle adapted to embrace said pintle, and means for supporting one ofsaid frames partly to one side of the other.

3. An artists sketch-box comprising apanel-frame and a palette-frame,means connected to said frames adapting one to pivotally engage theother in a plurality of positions relatively to the other, said meanscomprising a pair of leaves, one having a pintle and the other a knuckleadapted to embrace said pintle, and a stay-rod pivoted to one of saidframes for supporting one of said frames partly to one side of theother.

4:. An artists sketch-box comprising a panel-frame and a palette-frame,means connected to said frames adapting one to pivotally engage theother in a plurality of positions relatively to the other. said meanscomprising a pair of leaves, one leaf having a pintle and the other anopen knuckle forming a hook adapted to closely embrace said pintle.

5. An artists sketch-box comprising a panel-frame and a palette-frame,means connected to said frames adapting one to pivot-ally engage theother in a plurality of positions relatively to the other, said meanscomprising a pair of leaves, one leaf having a pintle and the other anopen knuckle forming a hook adapted to closely embrace said pintle, thefirst-named leaf also having a lip extending therefrom so that when theopen knuckle embraces the pintle the lip is curled around the openknuckle.

6. The combination of a paneLframe with a palettaframe and a pluralityof hinges connected thereto adapting the frames to occupy a plurality ofpivotal positions relatively to each other, said frames in one positionforming a covered box, in another position being offset from each otherfor sketching purposes, each of said hinges having a pintle and an openknuckle forming a hook adapted to embrace the pintle, and. said hingesbeing so spaced apart that when the frames are connected as a box allthree hinges are employed, while in sketching position only two areemployed.

7. An artists sketch-box comprising a panel-frame, a palette-frame andmeans for connecting said frames suitably constructed to permit theirconnection substantially in register and in an offset position, saidconnecting means consisting of two mating elements, the correspondingmating elements being rigidly fixed to their respective frames.

8. An artists sketch-box comprising a panel-frame, a palette-frame and aplurality of separable hinges for connecting said frames suitablylocated to permit their connection substantially in register and in anoffset position, said hinges having their correspondng parts directlyfixed to each frame.

9. An artists sketch-box comprising a panel-frame, a palette frame,means for connecting said frames suitably constructed to permit theirconnection substantially in register and in offset position, saidconnecting means consisting of two mating elements the correspondingmating elements being rigidly fixed to their respective frames andbracing means for rigidly holding said frames at an inclination to eachother.

GEORGE F. DOUGLAS; In the presence of-- DELLA STRA ssNEn, HARRY A. WOHR.

